Lightning, Caroline
- When
- August 19, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Caroline County, Henderson
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.872, -75.832 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning Strikes in Maryland, August 19, 1999
Thunderstorms with frequent lightning caused 10,000 homes and businesses to lose power on the Maryland Eastern Shore the evening of the 19th from Kent County south to Talbot County. Hardest hit was Talbot County.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS PHI wrote it up.
Thunderstorms with frequent lightning caused 10,000 homes and businesses to lose power on the Maryland Eastern Shore the evening of the 19th from Kent County south to Talbot County. Hardest hit was Talbot County. Nearly all of Easton (8,700 did) lost power when lightning struck Easton Utility's connection to the power pool. Power outages also occurred around Chestertown in Kent County, across central Queen Anne's County and in northern Caroline County. Most of the power was restored by midnight. No serious injuries or damage were reported.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning, Kent
- When
- August 19, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Kent County, Chestertown
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.236, -76.096 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning, Queen Anne'S
- When
- August 19, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Queen Anne'S County, Centreville
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.038, -76.085 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning, Talbot
- When
- August 19, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Talbot County, Countywide
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.749, -76.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, August 19, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, August 19, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 19, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 19, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 19, 1999
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, August 19, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Utah, August 19, 1999
- Damaging Wind in California, August 19, 1999
- Hail in North Carolina, August 19, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 19 to 26, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, August 19, 1999
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 19, 1999
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5717998, 5717999, 5718000, 5718001.